From the course: Construction Management: Managing Risk
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The role of the construction manager
From the course: Construction Management: Managing Risk
The role of the construction manager
- When I use the term Construction Management Professional in this course, I am speaking broadly of anyone in the construction industry that manages some phase, some aspect of the construction process. That could be estimating, pre-construction, scheduling, overall project management, safety, or management of trade labor. No matter what the individual role, everyone that is a construction management professional has a part to play in the risk management process. That's important to understand, especially when we define risk as anything that exposes us to a loss. It's also important to be aware that there are other professionals involved in the project that are also responsible for different aspects of managing risk, even our accountants and our attorneys. With all the different aspects and components and companies and the complexity involved in actually taking a project from concept through build-out and then on to handoff it's important to recognize that different professionals will…
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